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Vanguard's New Venture: Indexing Muni Bonds
Stable market conditions and client demand signal the right time for the firm to launch the first tax-exempt index open-end mutual fund.
Beth Foos is an associate director, fixed-income strategies, for Morningstar Research Services LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. She covers fixed income, focusing primarily on municipal-bond strategies. Before joining the manager research team in 2014, she was a municipal credit analyst.
Foos has more than 15 years of experience in public finance. Before joining Morningstar in 2011, she was an analyst for Moody's Investors Service and a consultant to local governments for the Michigan Municipal League. Foos has also held various roles in marketing and public relations for Time Inc. and Teach for America.
Foos holds a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in public policy from the University of Michigan.